2022 Slokasian Election
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All 643 seats to the Slokaisian Legislature 322 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Slokasian Election was held on December 28th, 2022 to elect 643 members of the Slokasian Legislature concurrently with the 2022 Slokasian Presidential Election. The election was called on the first opportunity it was allowed in January of 2022. This is the 3rd election in 5 years.
In this election, the National Alliance maintained its coalition although the party itself lost seats. in this election. The 2022 election also saw the Conservative Party of Slokais gain 61 seats primarily from the Centrist Party.
Pre-election process
On January 24th, 2022, an election was called for the earliest possible date of December 28th, 2022 per the Elections Law of 1974. This motion was approved by a majority of parliament with a vote of 330-299-14. It was then signed by President Joseph Chavez and confirmed by the Slokais Islands Board of Elections. The motion was pushed both by the Green-National Alliance bloc and also by Kaijanese parties after polls showed support for Kaijanese Independence was high. 9 national parties began their primaries, selecting party lists. Only the National Alliance and the Conservative Party of Slokais created lists for all 643 seats. The Conservative Primary saw George Oliver lose to former President Brooke Weasley leading to Oliver running an independent campaign.
Format
Similar to other elections, a Presidential and Legislative Election were held concurrently in addition to standard 2 and 4 year elections in certain provinces and townships. Voting was conducted on a instant runoff system, were all candidates with greater then 1% aggerate national polling or 5% in each province were added to a ballot, voters would pick there first choice and then there second, and third candidate. If no candidate, had reached 50% by the third round, an election would be held on January 16th between the two top candidates. This system only applies to the Presidential and Provincial Governor Elections, with Legislative voting occurring by voters voting for one party list presented by the party in each province. From there each party would get proportional representation based on there vote share in said province.[a]
Polls
| Poll source | Publication | Joseph Chavez | Brooke Weasley | Sean Khan | Joseph Zhang | Talia De La Cruz | Michael Spencer | Other |
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| New Liverpool Daily | July 25, 2022 | 24% | 27% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 11% |
| Slokasian Board of Debates[b] | October 27, 2022 | 27% | 30% | 14% | 17% | 12% | ||
| New Liverpool University/Gonzalez Institute | November 20, 2022 | 25% | 24% | 13% | 14% | 7% | 7% | 10% |
| New Liverpool Daily | December 12, 2022 | 22% | 24% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 15% |
| New Liverpool Daily | December 23rd, 2022 | 23% | 23% | 14% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 13% |
| Poll Souce | Publication | Joseph Chavez | Brooke Weasley | Undecided |
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| New Liverpool Daily | December 12th, 2022 | 41% | 40% | 19% |
| New Liverpool University/Gonzalez Institute | December 18th 2022 | 45% | 46% | 9% |
| New Liverpool Daily | December 26th, 2022 | 47% | 48% | 5% |
Notes
- ↑ Rounding occurs to nearest whole seat, however in certain cases political parties enter agreements were any extra percentage goes to another party, for example the Green Party in this election entered an agreement with the National Alliance in several provinces
- ↑ Only included those in the Presidential Debate